Bakarwadi is a traditional crispy, deep-fried, disc-shaped, sweet and spicy snack popular in the western state of Maharashtra and Gujarat in India.

It is believed that bhakar comes from bhakri and once rolled with masala stuffing (vadi) and cut and fried, it becomes bhakar-vadi.

Chitale Bandhu of Pune and Jagdish-Farsan of Vadodara popularized the snack by distributing it nationally and internationally.

Popularly known as pudachi vadi, this "Nagpuri" variant was an extremely spicy roll, whereas the Gujarati staple snack had more garlic and onions.

"They combined the spiciness of the Nagpuri pudachi vadi and the shape of the Gujarati bakarwadi and deep-fried it for more crispiness," says Indraneel.